Publishing News Financial News April 1-15, 2004 Edition FINANCIAL NEWS Scholastic Reports 9 Percent Increase in Third Quarter Revenue NEW YORK, NY/03/16/04Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL - News) has announced a 9 percent increase in revenues for the third fiscal...
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April 1 – 15, 2004 Book Deals
Publishing News Book Deals April 1-15, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Book Deals for Late March These deals and more are reported for mid to late March, 2004. Look for more deals in our next Authorlink edition, courtesy of PublishersLunch.com. Deals are rated as follows:...
April 1 – 15, 2004
Publishing News General News April 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Book Industry Reaffirms Policy Calling for Single Bar Code for All Books NEW YORK, NY/03/22/04The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) recently reaffirmed the Product Identification Policy Statement...
Millbrook Press to Sell Roaring Brook Press to Holtzbrinck Publishers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Millbrook Press to Sell Roaring Brook Press to Holtzbrinck Publishers BROOKFIELD, CT/04/02/04—The Millbrook Press, Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its Roaring Brook Press imprint. The proposed purchaser is...
Publishing Sales Pick up in February
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Publishing Sales Pick up in February NEW YORK, NY/3/30/04February publishing sales compensated for January losses, righting the course for 2004. Numbers improved in all but three categories tracked by the Association of...
Bertelsmann Says Random House Revenue Decline Due to Dollar’s Value
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Bertelsmann Says Random House Revenue Decline Due to Dollar's Value LONDON/03/30/04Bertelsmann, the parent company of Random House today reported a decline in revenues to 1.78 billion euros in 2003, from 2.0 billion euros...
April 1 – 15, 2004 People
Publishing News People April 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Penguin Canada Names New Delhi's Davidar as Publisher 03/27/2004In a surprise move this week, Penguin Books Canada named New Delhi native David Davidar as publisher of the Canadian operation. Davidar, 44, had...
Harry Potter Publisher Bloomsbury Sees Profits Soar 38 Percent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Harry Potter Publisher Bloomsbury Sees Profits Soar 38 Percent LONDON/03/25/04UK-based Bloomsbury Publishing, plc, publisher of the Harry Potter series, reported a pre-tax profit of £15.4m ($28.4m) for the year ending...
B&N to Merge Warehouses, Boosts Sales, Expands Publishing Unit via Direct Author Solicitation
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition B&N to Merge Warehouses, Boosts Sales, Expands Publishing Unit via Direct Author Solicitation NEW YORK, NY/03/18/04Barnes & Noble has told analysts it will merge five New Jersey warehouses into a single facility at a cost...
BAM Sees 3 Percent Sales Gain, Plans Stock Repurchase
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition BAM Sees 3 Percent Sales Gain, Plans Stock Repurchase 3/20/04Books-A-Million reported a 5 per cent sales increase in fiscal 2004 sales to $460.2 million, and net income rose significantly from $1.4 million in 2002 to $7.2...
